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From: garbanzo AT hooked DOT net (Hmmmz)
Subject: Re: Question about "find"
23 Jun 1997 13:32:24 -0700 :
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On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, William A. Nagy wrote:

> Has anyone had success in getting "find" to work with the -exec option
> under the Windows shell (cmd.exe)?  I've tried about every combination
> that I can think of, but I keep getting:
> 
> find: missing argument to '-exec'
> 
> Thanks.

Make sure you are using the gnu-wi32 find.exe and not the find.exe that
comes with Win95/NT. I fixed this on my computer by renaming the original
find.exe to ntfind.exe or 95find.exe

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